PM Downloader

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PM Downloader v1.02 (602KB)

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Short description

PM Downloader is the interactive multithreaded network retriever for OS/2 & eCS Presentation Manager supporting HTTP, HTTPS and FTP protocols for downloading files.

System requirements

OS/2 Warp version 4 or higher, eComStation (any version). TCP/IP version 4 (comes with Warp4) or higher. File system which supports long filenames.

Installation

Unpack zip-file into a directory of your choice, and run install.cmd or create a program object for PMD.EXE manually. If you are upgrading from a previous version, just unpack zip-file over the previous installation. Check history.txt to be well informed about changes and new features. Also read file readme.en.

Main features

Handy GUI interface for managing your downloads HTTP/HTTPS/FTP downloading with full resume capability HTTP/FTP/SOCKS proxy management Control from external applications through named pipe Adding downloads using drag and drop Clipboard monitoring Traffic limitation Downloads history log User selectable sounds for events Supports downloading of files larger than 2 GB. Flexible and configurable Small in size

Registration

The PM Downloader is distributed as try-before-you-buy. This means: - Anyone may use this software during a test period of 30 days. Following this test period of 30 days or less, if you wish to continue to use PM Downloader, you MUST register. - Once registered, the user is granted a non-exclusive license to use PM Downloader on one computer, for any legal purpose, at a time. To register online, please visit http://shop.mensys.nl/catalogue/mns_pmdownload.html Price is 15 USD. If after registration you not got your registration key during reasonable time (5-7 days) - please contact me.

Copyright

PM Downloader is a product of eCo Software, © Eugene Romanenko. Other eCo Software products: http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/index.php?action=ga This product includes OpenSSL library: Copyright © 1998-2003 The OpenSSL Project Copyright © 1995-1998 Eric A. Young, Tim J. Hudson All rights reserved. Uses TinyXML library.

Скриншоты

Main window, 'classic' bitmap theme Main window, 'eCoSoft' bitmap theme Settings notebook

PM Downloader news

29.04.2007
PM Downloader version 1.02 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed semaphore leak, which may cause PM Downloader hang on intensive use. Added option to limit number of simultaneous downloads from same host. <Post your comments about this release here>
08.04.2007
PM Downloader version 1.01 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed - download fails when downloading file from root dir on IBM FTPD/2. Fixed crash on PM Downloader close while 'view history' window opened. Other small fixes. Flush file buffers to disk every 10 minutes. Updated Italian translation. Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.6. <Post your comments about this release here>
07.10.2006
PM Downloader version 1.0 is ready for download. List of changes: Added new bitmap theme, see settings notebook, Interface page 2. Added the ability for downloads to be saved to different locations based on the media type of the download, see settings notebook, 'Saving' page. Sort save folder history by last access. Fixes to prevent SYS3180 crash. Other small fixes. Browser plugin: removed ability to execute PM Downloader as it may cause problems. PM Downloader must be running in order to catch downloads from plugin. Use STL classes internally instead of old hand-written classes. <Post your comments about this release here>
07.09.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.7 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed intensive downloads list "blinking" and CPU load if items in "waiting" state present in list. Fixed handling of 'no such file' FTP error. Fixed - 'Incomplete' directories was created in every individual download path. Updated Swedish translation.
18.06.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.6 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed - if download was continued from server which doesn't support resume, size of file was detected incorrectly (one byte less). Italian NLS-file included. Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.5.
12.02.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.5 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed crash on some server replies. Updated German translation. Some small fixes.
17.01.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.4 is ready for download. List of changes: German NLS-file included. (And also an alternate one, see in LANG subdirectory). Fixed possible crash if SSL certificate string too long. Sometimes download completed, but still display "downloading" status - fixed. Prevention for SYS3180 crash. Other small improvements and fixes.
04.01.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.3 is ready for download. Fixed two bugs introduced in version 0.9: "Stop" command doesn't have effect on "waiting" downloads. Username/Password from PMD settings not used in some cases.
03.01.2006
PM Downloader version 0.9.2 is ready for download. List of changes: Added option to add URL to top of queue. Added option to share audio device. Fixed - PM Downloader doesn't restore your downloads list if save folder's name contain Cyrillic characters. Other small improvements and fixes.
29.12.2005
PM Downloader version 0.9.1 is ready for download. List of changes since version 0.9: Compiler upgraded to OpenWatcom 1.4. Force start for downloads. SSL connection information was not displayed - fixed. Fixed bug with HTTP authorization introduced in version 0.9. Correct average speed on download completion. Some small improvements and fixes. List of changes since version 0.8.8: Changed compiler - now it OpenWatcom. Implemented HTTPS protocol. Now PMD.EXE not so small as before due to linked OpenSSL library. PM Downloader now NLS-enabled. Included English, Russian, Dutch and Swedish nls-files. Support for HTTP-CONNECT proxy. Added download bars, inspired by Azureus. Individual speed limits for downloads. Group of downloads can be moved up/down. Buttons in "Add URL" dialog to quick fill referer and filename fields from URL. Smooth colors for traffic indicator. Fixed wrong timestamp on some FTP downloads. Fixed wrong filesize restored from ini for files larger than 2 Gb. Downloads list now saved in XML-file instead of PMD.INI. Folder for incomplete files now have name "Incomplete" (was "TMP"). Changed methods of determining speed/counting ETA. Some other improvements and fixes.
01.12.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.8 is ready for download. Just bugfixes here. List of changes: Changed icon (eComStation style). Fixed crash on redirection with unsupported protocol. Workaround for buggy video drivers (see readme).
14.08.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.7 is ready for download. Just bugfixes here, new features in development. List of changes: Fixed drag-and-drop from Mozilla 1.4 and higher. Fixed rare crash on adding some URLs. Mozilla plugin (nppmd.dll): Fixed sys3171 crash when PM Downloader started from plugin. Some small fixes.
15.06.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.6 is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed saving state of option "Reset attempts counter on getting data". Workaround for Matrox video driver. (PMD 0.8.5 crashes in PMGAX64.DLL). Fixed possible sys3183 crash at PMD start.
07.06.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.5 is ready for download. List of changes: Included Netscape/Mozilla plugin. Using this plugin you can catch browser downloads and transfer them to PM Downloader. See NPPLUGIN\readme.en for details. Added column "Save folder" to downloads list. (default invisible). New option at "Misc" page - "Reset attempts counter on getting data". (default off). Fixed crash on redirection, when location specified as relative path. Reduced flickering of downloads list, other interface improvements.
18.05.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.4 is ready for download. List of changes: Referer support. (http headers). New interface option - "Minimize instead of closing" (default off). Added two items to "Download" menu - "Start all stopped" and "Stop all active/waiting". Set speed limit through pipe. (see readme). Use folder with id <WP_INETDOWNLOAD> as default download folder. For FTP transfers, use MDTM command to determine timestamp. Included REXX script SCANDESK.CMD which scan local Desktop for URL objects dropped from Netscape/Mozilla, and add to PM Downloader via pipe. Clipboard monitor fixes. Fixed download problems on java.sun.com. Some internal fixes and improvements.
21.04.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.3 is ready for download. List of changes: Added clipboard monitor. D&D basket now understand URLs dragged using DragText. Added "Create folder" button to "Select folder" dialog. Some internal fixes.
15.03.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.2 is ready for download. List of changes: New interface option - "Show status of current job in title" (default on). Fixed some bugs introduced with v0.8.1. Some speed-up during importing large lists.
13.03.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8.1 is ready for download. List of changes: Internal improvements. Fixed addurl.cmd. With Classic REXX, URLs was cutted at "//".
23.02.2003
PM Downloader version 0.8 is ready for download. List of changes: PM Downloader now shareware! More handy way for switching traffic limitation. (3 levels, 3 buttons on toolbar). Downloads with unknown size was incorrectly "completed" on timeout. Fixed rare crash during FTP login procedure. Some UI changes/fixes.
23.01.2003
PM Downloader preview 7 is ready for download. List of changes: Implemented support for large (>2Gb) files. (Additional requirement - filesystem which support large files, e.g. JFS). Implemented traffic limitation. (Needs testing, may be not accuracy). New tab in settings notebook - "Default passwords and usernames for hosts".
07.12.2002
PM Downloader preview 6a is ready for download. List of changes: Fixed bad PMD behaviour when option "Auto-delete completed (and/or failed) downloads" are on. Fixed possible crash during host resolving (threads synch).
22.11.2002
PM Downloader preview 6 is ready for download. List of changes: "General" page of settings notebook renamed to "Misc". Some internal and UI changes. New menu/toolbar item - "Delete failed downloads". More options on "Confirmations" page of settings notebook. More options on "Misc" page of settings notebook.
14.10.2002
PM Downloader preview 5e is ready for download. List of changes: Writing "/STARTALL" to pipe \PIPE\PMDOWNLOADER will start all paused downloads. Also, "/STOPALL" will stop all active downloads. Now you can have control over all properties of downloads when adding through pipe (see readme). Double click on tray icon will minimize PMD if it is active window. Fixed a PMD hang, when "Stop" pressed during hostname resolving or connecting. Better handling of "Content-Disposition" (http headers).
23.09.2002
PM Downloader preview 5 is ready for download. List of changes: SOCKS 5 support. Note: FTP will work only in passive mode when SOCKS is used. Now you can add URL by writing it to pipe \PIPE\PMDOWNLOADER. Also, rexx script addurl.cmd included, which lets you add URLs from command line. Implemented export/import to/from plain text file. Added simple traffic meter and status line. Added folders history to field "Save download to folder" in "Add URL" dialog. Counts ETA. Properties for active downloads can be viewed in read-only mode. Added command line options "/MIN", "/MAX" and "/START". See readme for details. Some bugs fixed.
14.08.2002
PM Downloader preview 4a is ready for download. Fixed one bug: Option "Don't use temporary folder" has no effect - fixed.
26.07.2002
PM Downloader preview 4 is ready for download. List of changes: Implemented sound events. See "Sounds" page in settings notebook. Implemented confirmations. See "Confirmations" page in settings notebook. When killed, PM Downloader saves URLs list. New menu item "Clear log" in log lists popup menu. Confirmations on overwriting files and downloading from scrath. Some small bugs fixed.
21.06.2002
PM Downloader preview 3 is ready for download. List of changes: Added context menus for URLs. Changing properties of added URLs. ("Download|Properties" in menu). D&D basket now understand URL objects dragged from desktop. Double clicking on D&D basket shows PM Downloader. New option - "Show D&D basket in tasklist" (default on). New option - "Scroll jobs list on adding" (default off). New option - "Get file date from server" (default on). Incorrect filesize shown after stop/continue (on ftp.mozilla.org).
07.05.2002
PM Downloader preview 2 is ready for download. New features here (for full list of changes look in file history.txt): Drag-and-drop from Netscape 2.02 and Mozilla 1.0. Downloading using FTP-proxy. (For examle, jftpgw). Log downloads history.